cataplexis

English

Ultimately from καταπλήσσω (kataplḗssō, “to strike down”), from κατα- (kata-, “down”) (see cata-) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”).

cataplexis (uncountable)

(rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a threat of retribution (especially of divine punishment) is made in response to wrongdoing.
Synonym: commination
- 2016, E. Decamp, Civic and Medical Worlds in Early Modern England: Performing Barbery and Surgery, page 41:
  In III.v's [sc. Ben Jonson's Epicoene] final sixty lines, Morose and Truewit wish calamity on Cutbeard: 'May he get the itch, and his shop so lousy as no man dare come at him' (III.v.70-71). They focus half of their cataplexis on Cutbeard's body, which they hope will develop blotches and gout, and the other half on the objects of his trade.

单词	cataplexis
释义	cataplexis English Etymology Ultimately from καταπλήσσω (kataplḗssō, “to strike down”), from κατα- (kata-, “down”) (see cata-) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”). Noun cataplexis (uncountable) (rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a threat of retribution (especially of divine punishment) is made in response to wrongdoing. Synonym: commination 2016, E. Decamp, Civic and Medical Worlds in Early Modern England: Performing Barbery and Surgery, page 41: In III.v's [sc. Ben Jonson's Epicoene] final sixty lines, Morose and Truewit wish calamity on Cutbeard: 'May he get the itch, and his shop so lousy as no man dare come at him' (III.v.70-71). They focus half of their cataplexis on Cutbeard's body, which they hope will develop blotches and gout, and the other half on the objects of his trade. Related terms cataplexy
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